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One of the fundamental results in Convex Geometry is Busemann's theorem, which states that the intersection body of a symmetric convex body is convex. Thus, it is only natural to ask if there is a quantitative version of Busemann's theorem,…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-15 M. Angeles Alfonseca , Jaegil Kim

A convexity point of a convex body is a point with the property that the union of the body and its reflection in the point is convex. It is proved that in the plane a typical convex body (in the sense of Baire category) has infinitely many…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Rolf Schneider

We consider the motion of point masses given by a natural extension of Newtonian gravitation to spaces of constant positive curvature. Our goal is to explore the spectral stability of tetrahedral orbits of the corresponding 4-body problem…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-03-11 Florin Diacu , Regina Martinez , Ernesto Perez-Chavela , Carles Simo

We prove a conjecture of B. Gr\"unbaum stating that the set of affine invariant points of a convex body equals to the set of points invariant under all affine linear symmetries of the convex body. As a consequence we give a short proof on…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-09-11 Olaf Mordhorst

Busemann's intersection inequality asserts that the only maximizers of the integral $\int_{S^{n-1}} |K\cap\xi^\perp|^n d\xi$ among all convex bodies of a fixed volume in $\mathbb R^n$ are centered ellipsoids. We study this question in the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2017-06-22 Susanna Dann , Jaegil Kim , Vladyslav Yaskin

We study a version of the Busemann-Petty problem for $\log$-concave measures with an additional assumption on the dilates of convex, symmetric bodies. One of our main tools is an analog of the classical large deviation principle applied to…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Malak Lafi , Artem Zvavitch

If $K\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ is a convex body and $\Gamma_pK$ is the $p$-centroid body of $K$, the $L_p$ Busemann-Petty centroid inequality states that $\vol(\Gamma_pK) \geq \vol(K)$, with equality if and only if $K$ is an ellipsoid centered…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Julian Haddad , Carlos Hugo Jimenez , Leticia Alves da Silva

We show the direct applicability of the Brouwer fixed point theorem for the existence of equilibrium points and periodic solutions for differential systems on general domains satisfying geometric conditions at the boundary. We develop a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Guglielmo Feltrin , Fabio Zanolin

The monostatic property of polyhedra (i.e. the property of having just one stable or unstable static equilibrium point) has been in a focus of research ever since Conway and Guy \cite{Conway} published the proof of the existence of the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-17 Gergő Almádi , Robert J. MacG. Dawson , Gábor Domokos , Krisztina Regős

Given $L$ a convex body, the $L_p$-Busemann Random Simplex Inequality is closely related to the centroid body $\Gamma_p L$ for $p=1$ and $2$, and only in these cases it can be proved using the $L_p$-Busemann-Petty centroid inequality. We…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Julián Eduardo Haddad

In this paper we study geometric coincidence problems in the spirit of the following problems by B. Gr\"unbaum: How many affine diameters of a convex body in $\mathbb R^n$ must have a common point? How many centers (in some sense) of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-07-01 R. N. Karasev

A convex polyhedron is called monostable if it can rest in stable position only on one of its faces. The aim of this paper is to investigate three questions of Conway, regarding monostable polyhedra, which first appeared in a 1969 paper of…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2021-03-19 Zsolt Lángi

We introduce and study the mechanical system which describes the dynamics and statics of rigid bodies of constant density floating in a calm incompressible fluid. Since much of the standard equilibrium theory, starting with Archimedes,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-11-04 Robert Beig , Bernd G. Schmidt

We have examined the stability of collinear in Robes's generalised restricted three body problem. The problem is generalised in the sense that more massive primary has been taken as an oblate spheroid. We have found the position of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 K. T. Singh , B. S. Kushvah , B. Ishwar

We prove several stability and volume difference inequalities for projections of convex bodies and apply them to prove a hyperplane inequality for surface area of projection bodies.

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Alexander Koldobsky

We obtain a formula for the number of horizontal equilibria of a planar convex body $K$ with respect to a center of mass $O$ in terms of the winding number of the evolute of $\partial K$ with respect to $O$. The formula extends to the case…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-08-20 Jonas Allemann , Norbert Hungerbühler , Micha Wasem

We study the class of (locally) anti-blocking bodies as well as some associated classes of convex bodies. For these bodies, we prove geometric inequalities regarding volumes and mixed volumes, including Godberson's conjecture, near-optimal…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2022-01-14 Shiri Artstein-Avidan , Shay Sadovsky , Raman Sanyal

In this paper, we present sharp stability results for various reverse isoperimetric problems in $\mathbb R^2$. Specifically, we prove the stability of the reverse isoperimetric inequality for $\lambda$-convex bodies -- convex bodies with…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-01-07 Kostiantyn Drach , Kateryna Tatarko

We give a B\'ezout type inequality for mixed volumes, which holds true for any convex bodies. The key ingredient is the reverse Khovanskii-Teissier inequality for convex bodies, which was obtained in our previous work and inspired by its…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-04-05 Jian Xiao

We consider the equilibria of point particles under the action of two body central forces in which there are both repulsive and attractive interactions, often known as central configurations, with diverse applications in physics, in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard Battye , Gary Gibbons , Paul Sutcliffe